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1016 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I I. Ch. 2285. 1907. ice, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections thirty -seven hungred and nine and thirty-seven hundred and forty-four, Revised tatutes. ,,,l5],°§,§j.,,m`K`;`§Z;;§l i That hereafter the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of °*°“· the President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said , appropriations for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian _ tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the ,,,,,,,1 '°”"'°‘,,,,,d,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ aggregate, to suptply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: Prorvzded, That any iversions which shall be made under authority of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Stock mma from Congress, at the session of Cong ess next succeeding such diversion: nmwnw f,,,,,,, Igrgrlpzdédfigthir, That the Secretaryvof the Ir;te1rror1};rn<le£rtdiirect1<;)n o e residen may use any sums appropria e in is c or su — sistence, and not absolutely necessary for that purpose, for the purchase of stock cattle for the benefit of the tribe for which such appropriation is made, and shall_ to Congress, at next session · thereafter, an account of his action under this provision: Promded d"f,{;,*‘Y ‘““"” °" fmtheé, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not ` be use . M1‘n¤¤f<=r of etf:¤<1¤ That hereafter when not required for the purpose for which appro- °'""1°’"”*prgged, the funds prlocvided for th: pgy of specified employees at any nn agency ma by thecretary of the Interior for the pay of other employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for whichthey were engaged; and that the several appropriations made for millersi lilacksmiths, engiqeers, carperétqrs, physicians, and other pprsons, an or various artic es provide or by treaty stipulation or the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of said tribes, respectively, within the discretion of the President, and with lthe consent of said tribe? expgessed in the usual manner; and t at e cause report to be ma e to ongress at its next session therefm- _ after, of his action under this provision: Iaroviderl, That so much of _ mount for supplies . . . . . immemawiy sun- the appropriations of any annual Indian appropriation A_ct as may be "*"°· required to pay for goods and supplies, for expenses incident to their purchase, and for transportation of the same, for the fiscal year for which such appropriations are made. shall be immediately available, upon the approva of such Act, but no such goods or supplies shall be distriblutgd of delivered to any of said Indians prior to the beginning o suc sca. year. '¤=¤¤¤¢¤r¤fi>¤>v¤¤r That hereafter where there is Government propertv on hand at any not in use. . . . ·· of the Indian reservations or schools not required for the use or benefit of the Indians of said reservations or schools, the Secretary of the Interior_1s hereby authorized to move such property to other Indian reservations or sc ools where it may be required. °""““*“*°“°"· commissxourza. ,mP;$;,’:‘;0$Q,,f,j§; Ip] any case where {hg restrmtions as to alienation have been removed mmwmncs. wit respect to any n ian ottee or as to any portion of the lands of any Indian allottee, and such alldttee as an individual, or as a memlbgr ofdaqyl tribe, has ap mteregg in ingy fund head by the United States you c amount y aw c rgea le to suc In ian or tribe on accpunt of adyances,hthe Commiafioner of Indian rgffaips is hereby authoriz prior to the ate at w ich any pena ties or the nonpayment of taxes, would accrue under the laws of the State or Territory in which such land is situated, to pay such taxes and charge the amount thereof to such allotfee, to be deducted from the share of such allotgrggnieghou in the final dxstribution or payment to him from such fund: Pm- ' ended, That no such payment shall he made by said Commissioner